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Appalachian State University Student Body President David Mofford said he was taken off guard by the conversation. “Ultimately you take responsibility for that vote,” he said. “You don’t go back and try to change it two or three weeks afterwards. “It seemed like maybe they disagreed with the bill and were looking for any loophole they could.” Mofford also said it would be a blow to the legitimacy of the organization to recall legislation that had already been passed. “It could just undermine the entire organization,” he said. Some ASG executive leaders and
members of the council, including ASG president Greg Doucette, did not receive information regarding the conference call — something Bass said was unintentional. Bass said he was unable to relay the information to some people because he did not have access to everyone’s contact information from his location. One of the main factors that prevented debate was a general lack of knowledge about the legislation, a result of often inexperienced delegates, Bass said. He said that meeting procedure confused some new delegates and prevented adequate discussion. Doucette, however, said he felt the debate was limited because the few opponents who were present
either felt outnumbered or were not actively engaged in discussion. Brad Teasley, a delegate from East Carolina University who opposed the legislation when it was originally voted on, said the proceedings were confusing enough to stop him from commenting. “I’m still trying to get familiar with the procedures myself,” he said, adding that the January meeting was only his second. Doucette said that it will be difficult to bring the resolution back to the drawing board, but Bass said the council plans to discuss the matter further at the ASG meeting at the end of the month. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
National and World News Chavez wins in national elections
Uncertainty as to how many green jobs will be created by stimulus plan
CARACAS, Venezuela (MCT) — President Hugo Chavez reigns supreme as the undisputed political king of Venezuela after winning a national referendum Sunday that could allow him to serve as the elected president for life of this oil-rich nation. Before he can focus on winning re-election in 2012 and perhaps beyond, however, he faces a crisis that could imperil his vaunted 21st-century socialist revolution. In 2009, the global economic crisis is expected to halve oil income, the country’s economic lifeblood.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — More than $80 billion of the spending and tax cuts in the stimulus package that will be signed into law Tuesday will be spent on renewable domestic energy, a better grid to transmit electricity, energy research and programs to reduce the use of fossil fuels, such as weatherizing homes and federal buildings. It’s difficult to put precise numbers on the new green jobs to expect. Government economists use a formula to figure how fiscal stimulus translates into jobs,
Burris defends his Rove testimony time extended Ill. Senate seat CHICAGO (MCT) — Before meeting with a group of pastors Monday at a church on Chicago’s South Side, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris again defended himself against accusations that he changed his testimony on former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Burris said he filed an affidavit further detailing his contacts with Blagojevich administration insiders after realizing his earlier testimony before a House panel was incomplete. And he denied reports that he had done so because federal authorities had told him he had been secretly recorded. “Positively not true,” he said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The Obama administration is asking for two more weeks to weigh in on whether former Bush White House officials must testify before Congress about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. The request comes after former Bush political adviser Karl Rove’s attorney asked the White House to referee his clash with the House of Representatives. Rove has to appear next Monday to testify about the firings and other allegations that the Bush White House let politics interfere with the operations of the Justice Department.
but uncertainties remain. Some of the results for jobs will depend on decisions the Department of Energy and the states make on how to spend the money. The White House’s economists have said that the overall stimulus plan would create or save more than 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010. The government estimates that nearly 500,000 jobs will be created by the end of 2010 from investments in the energy transmission system, advanced battery technology and energy efficiency.
Japan and Russia argue over islands TOKYO (MCT) — With his summit meeting Wednesday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Taro Aso will be the first Japanese premier to visit Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Sakhalin, part of which was once Japanese territory, since the end of World War II. In its diplomacy toward Russia, Japan has made the dispute over the “northern territories” a priority. The islands in dispute are located off the coast of Hikkaido. Many think that deepening Japanese-Russian relations will help the Japanese cause.
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The Child Care Services Fee referendum, if approved in today’s election, would increase by $10.37 — from the current $2.44 — the fee that pays a portion of child care for students with children. The program, established in 2002, currently serves 10 students, with a wait list of 34 more.
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Vote in the graduate student runoff Student Congress districts 9 and 10 — which cover graduate students in the professional and medical schools — will have runoff elections today after Board of Elections members found that some students had voted multiple times for the same candidate.
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O’Donnell said. Brad Broadwell, director of Orange County Economic Development Commission, said a county’s wealth might play a small role. “No doubt this may have some impact when picking and choosing projects,” he said in an e-mail. But Abbott said a county’s wealth has nothing to do with whether it will receive federal funding. Abbott said the department considers the need for the individual projects submitted and the cost of completing them. Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton said he doesn’t think the county’s wealth would inhibit its ability to receive federal funds. Job creation would not be limited to individual counties because contractors typically travel to complete road construction, Chilton said. “As far as the economic stimulus, the jobs created are really going to be all over North Carolina regardless of where the project is,” he said. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
By now students know all too well the student body president candidates, whose names have been splashed across A-frames and yelled in the Pit for weeks. But what they didn’t see were the hundreds of students who worked behind the scenes. Both Thomas Edwards and Jasmin Jones have built extensive campaign staffs who have spent much more than the past few weeks working to get their candidate elected. Edwards, who will face Jones in today’s runoff election, said his roughly 150 campaign workers made a big difference. Campaign manager Erin Marubashi said that while students are aware of staff waving paper plates and doing choreographed dances in the Pit, most of the hard work isn’t quite so visible. “They don’t see the behind-thescenes legwork that we did all last semester,” she said. “They haven’t seen the time, effort and dedication that’s gone into making this possible.” Marubashi said Edwards first approached her in the spring of his sophomore year to ask for help with his campaign, and they have been working hard ever since. But while size may matter, it isn’t everything. Michael Betts and Ron Bilbao had the two largest campaign teams of the six candidates, with about 200 students working on each campaign. But neither candidate made the runoff. And even though Jones’ staff was less than half the size of Edwards’, she said her 60 workers were influential because they reached across multiple social circles to encompass a diverse
to get the largest number (of staff) possible.”
MATT WOHLFORD, losing candidate group of people. “It’s a really wide range of us,” Jones said. “You’d be shocked.” Jones said her campaign staff ’s positive attitude and willingness to sacrifice a little dignity by campaigning in the Pit wearing neon foam visors also made a big difference. Similarly, Marubashi said Edwards’ campaign staff is successful mostly because its members are responsible, reliable, energetic and fun. “We have that team mindset, that team atmosphere,” she said. “We’ve spent so much time together that we’re really like a family.” Matt Wohlford, who finished last in the race, said he originally thought a good campaign team meant having the most committed workers possible. But in retrospect, he sees the impact a large staff can have. “It’s now my view that it’s important to get the largest number possible,” he said. “I think Thomas did a really good job with that.” Edwards said he relied on a core group of friends to help write his 65-page platform, then reached out to people who were involved on campus to build his team of campaign workers. “Having a big campaign staff, you have a lot of people coming from different backgrounds and different experiences on campus,” Edwards said. “It’s a lot easier to write a platform that affects the entirety of campus.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
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Budgeting priorities Congress received requests for more than double the money it has to give. See pg. 3 for story.
Leash laws The Chapel Hill Town Council discussed tethering at its meeting Monday. See pg. 3 for story.
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